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Early Addition: Upper West Side scaffolding almost lasted 20 years
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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the final mayoral debate didn't seem to fundamentally change anything in the race.
Here's what else is happening:
- Andrew Cuomo managed to participate in the debate and sit courtside next to Mayor Eric Adams at the Knicks game all in one night.
- The Knicks won.
- Apartments in that renovated Greenpoint church are now renting for between $7,500 and $12,500 a month.
- After standing strong for 19 years, the sidewalk shed outside 51 West 86th Street has finally come down.
- Downtown Hempstead on Long Island has become an epicenter for pedestrian deaths.
- A volunteer liaison to the Muslim community for New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli recently told supporters at a rally that he hadn't accepted donations from Jews. (He also said Ciattarelli would try to roll back gay marriage rights.)
- A New Jersey theme park that's closing down next month set off a frenzy selling its animatronic dinosaurs on Facebook.
- They're saying Bari Weiss has hot bodyguards.
- Beyond Meat is booming.
- And finally, big squirrel:
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